Mission

The mission of the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) is:

to broaden the impact of APL’s scientific and technical contributions by transferring APL-developed technology to industry to benefit the local economy, the Laboratory and our sponsors.

Two goals of the OTT are:

• Technology Push: Identify, market and license commercially viable technologies to business and industry;
• Market Pull: Identify current and future industry needs and match APL capabilities to those needs through research partnerships.

To accomplish its goals, OTT employs a flexible set of technology transfer tools including:

• License agreements,
• Cooperative research agreements,
• Industrial funding agreements,
• Partnerships with regional high-tech companies, and
• New business spin-offs.